"The sunrise is a strip-tease between night and day." Is this a Tom Robbins quote (or similar to one)? [more inside]
posted by prwnkle02 on Apr 27, 2009 - 3 answers

MovieQuoteFilter: I'm trying to find the origin of a quote from Waking Life and I'm starting to think it's either misattributed or simply wrong. Help! [more inside]
posted by valkyryn on Jan 28, 2009 - 4 answers

I am trying to identify a quote - it was something to the effect that "life begins anew in the Fall" or "life begins again in the Fall". I believe it may have been part of the epigraph or dedication of a novel, perhaps by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton or possibly a British novelist. My english teacher explain that the quote referred to the social "season" that started up in the Fall when everyone returned to Town. [more inside]
posted by litchik on Jun 4, 2008 - 3 answers

“These far away places with strange-sounding names…” Where is that phrase from?! I have reason to believe it was first written by a romantic poet (possibly Tennyson, Browning, or Arnold) but I can’t beat the answer out of Google. Thanks to Google, I know that the line is used in a Bing Crosby song. But that’s definitely not the source I’m looking for.
posted by chickletworks on Jan 21, 2007 - 7 answers

What are your favorite literary passages that you've memorized? [more inside]
posted by sixacross on Aug 1, 2006 - 113 answers

I should be able to find this, but google isn't treating me well. There is this quote which I thought was by Emerson, but now I'm not sure... It goes something like "I will say one thing today and say the opposite thing tomorrow and defend it strongly." (Obviously I'm no quote expert, but that's the gist of it). Any help appreciated.
posted by pissfactory on Jan 13, 2005 - 6 answers